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• Los Angeles Hit With Verdict Topping $13 Million in Death of Man Restrained by Police Officers

  16-10-2023 23:55
  A federal court jury has returned a $13.5 million verdict against the city of Los Angeles in a lawsuit over the death of a man after two police officers used their bodyweight on his back to restrain him
  
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• Megyn Kelly vs. Candace Owens: Heated Debate Erupts Over Blacklisting Pro-Hamas College Students

  16-10-2023 23:54
  
  The complicated and thorny issue of separating support for Hamas and support for Palestinians has sparked a heated debate between a pair of outspoken conservative women.
  Radio host Megyn Kelly and The Daily Wire host Candace Owens clashed in a heated social media debate about whether or not the swathes of college students who effectively blame Israel for the bloody invasion launched by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 should be “blacklisted.”
  Many college campuses across the country have dr
  
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• Militant Islamist Attacks in Belgium

  16-10-2023 23:53
  
  (Reuters) - A self-proclaimed Islamist militant shot dead two Swedish citizens in central Brussels on Monday night, the federal prosecutor said....
  
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• New York City Limiting Migrant Families With Children to 60-Day Shelter Stays to Ease Strain on City

  16-10-2023 23:45
  
  New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced he is limiting shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days in the city's housing system
  
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• Phillies Slugger Bryce Harper Wants Big Leaguers to Play Baseball at 2028 LA Olympics

  16-10-2023 23:44
  
  Bryce Harper wants to take a swing at the Olympics
  
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• Sweden Says Killing of Two Swedes in Brussels Is Terrible News

  16-10-2023 23:43
  
  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - News from Belgium that two Swedes were shot dead in Brussels was terrible, Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said on...
  
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• Four Men Held in Central Georgia Jail Escaped and a Search Is Underway, Sheriff Says

  16-10-2023 23:39
  
  A central Georgia sheriff said four men detained in the county jail escaped through a damaged window and a cut fence
  
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• Austin: My 1 Question for Pro-Palestinian Protesters

  16-10-2023 23:39
  
  Since Hamas launched its surprise attack on Oct. 7, innocent Israelis have faced torture, rape, murder and other crimes more terrible than any moral person could conjure.
  In spite of this, I’ve seen many liberals on social media excuse or even defend the terrorists’ horrific actions. They claim, among other things, that the Muslim-majority Palestinian people face oppression under their supposed Jewish occupiers.
  For those out there making this argument on social media right now, I ha
  
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• Palestinian Americans stuck in Gaza are frustrated and tired of waiting to cross into Egypt

  16-10-2023 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Children sat on suitcases as hundreds of Palestinian Americans gathered by the Rafah border crossing to Egypt with hopes they could flee Gaza to safety.
  
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• Georgia Deputy Shoots, Kills Man Who Spent 16 Years in Prison on Wrongful Conviction

  16-10-2023 23:33
  A man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop
  
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• Georgia Deputy Shoots, Kills Black Man Who Spent 16 Years in Prison on Wrongful Conviction

  16-10-2023 23:33
  
  A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop
  
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• Georgia Agency Investigating Fatal Shoot by a Deputy During a Traffic Stop

  16-10-2023 23:33
  Georgia authorities are investigating a deputy's fatal shooting of a 53-year-old motorist during a traffic stop
  
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• AP Tries to Use Liz Cheney to Thwart Jim Jordan's Speaker Bid, But It Backfires

  16-10-2023 23:31
  
  Jim Jordan couldn’t have bought an ad that was better.
  The Ohio Republican mounting a bid to become the next speaker of the House was the topic of an Associated Press piece on Monday that apparently aimed to scare GOP members with the prospect of a “political brawler” taking the helm.
  But using Rep. Liz Cheney to do it was a bad, bad move.
  The article was plugged by an AP post published on social media that looked at Jordan from a clearly leftist viewpoint:Rep. Jim Jordan becom
  
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• What experts want you to know about hand soap

  16-10-2023 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The best hand soaps get rid of germs and dirt. Learn how to find hand soap that won’t dry out skin and shop editor’s picks from Method, Dove, Blueland, Aesop and more.
  
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• Ex-FTX Exec Was 'Horrified' Last Year When He Learned of $13 Billion Shortfall

  16-10-2023 23:29
  A former FTX executive and onetime billionaire has testified against the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, at his New York City federal fraud trial
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro to Attend October Migration Summit in Mexico

  16-10-2023 23:26
  
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will attend next Sunday's meeting in southern Mexico where regional leaders will...
  
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• In Brazil's Amazon, Rivers Fall to Record Low Levels During Drought

  16-10-2023 23:13
  
  The Negro River, the Amazon's second largest tributary, has reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago
  
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• Our editors’ favorite bathrobes of 2023

  16-10-2023 23:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Our editors tested a number of bathrobes and styles from Parachute, Brooklinen and Weezie. See which bathrobes rose to the top.
  
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• Donald Trump Is Going Back to Court. Here’s What He's Missed Since His Last Visit to NYC Fraud Trial

  16-10-2023 23:09
  
  Donald Trump will be back in court Tuesday for his New York civil fraud trial, but a face-to-face showdown with former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen will have to wait
  
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• Tyson Plant Workers Discover Dead Body in Corn Shipment

  16-10-2023 23:08
  
  Detectives are investigating after a “badly decomposed” body was found aboard a train that delivered corn to a Tyson plant in southwest Arkansas on Monday.
  KSLA reported that the train arrived before dawn at a company facility near the community of Hope in Hempstead County.
  Employees were unloading the shipment of corn on a train car at around 4:20 a.m. when what appeared to be a human arm was spotted in an unloading chute beneath the car.
  The Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office
  
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• Zipcar Fined After Allowing Customers Rent Vehicles With Open, Unrepaired Recalls

  16-10-2023 23:06
  
  Zipcar has been slapped with a $300,000 fine after U.S. regulators found that the car-sharing company allowed customers to rent vehicles with open recalls, violating federal motor safety law
  
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• High School Football Players Erupt When Coach Uses Pregame Speech to Reveal He Defeated Cancer

  16-10-2023 23:05
  
  I don’t know about you, but with everything that’s going on these days, I’m ready for some good news.
  Some relentless news.
  Like this — witness Eric Coovert, an assistant football coach at Kingwood Park High School in Kingwood, Texas, as he gave a pregame pep talk that went far beyond football.
  “I just want to talk about one thing,” Coovert told his players. “And that’s our slogan from the beginning of this year has always been to stay relentless.
  
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• World Must Not Fail in Iran as It Did in North Korea -UN Nuclear Chief

  16-10-2023 22:59
  
  By Jonathan LandayWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The world must not fail in Iran as it did in North Korea, which kicked out International Atomic Energy...
  
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• World Must Not Fail in Iran as It Did in North Korea, IAEA Chief Says

  16-10-2023 22:59
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world should be careful to ensure the standoff with Iran over its nuclear programme does not become like North Korea,...
  
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• Schumer Says US Senate Will Move Quickly on Israel

  16-10-2023 22:56
  
  By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday the Senate will seek within days to...
  
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• Wisconsin Republicans Admit Vote to Fire Elections Chief Had No Legal Effect

  16-10-2023 22:55
  Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have admitted that a vote to fire the state's top elections official last month has no legal effect
  
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• Schools on Lockdown After 4 Inmates, Including a Suspected Murderer, Escape County Jail

  16-10-2023 22:50
  
  Schools in central Georgia have been locked down as police look for four inmates who escaped from a correctional facility in the area on Monday.
  Four men, one of whom was in jail for alleged murder, escaped the Bibb County Jail in Macon on Monday morning, and they were missing for several hours before their absences were noticed.
  WMAZ-TV reported the sheriff’s department alerted the public at around 11:20 a.m. that Joey Fournier, 52, Chavis Stokes, 29, Marc K. Anderson, 25, and Johnifer Ba
  
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• Gaetz: Hakeem Jeffries Not Really in Charge of Democrats, He's Just the 'Frontman'

  16-10-2023 22:50
  
  GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida argued Sunday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is just a “frontman” for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
  The subject came up during an interview on Newsmax in the context of reports some House Republicans were looking to strike a deal with Democrats in order to elect a House speaker other than Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.
  Gaetz said he is surprised that backing Jordan is a difficult decision for some Republican lawmakers.
  The congressman explain
  
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• Israel Says Some Spanish Officials Align With Hamas, Government Rejects

  16-10-2023 22:46
  MADRID (Reuters) - Israel's embassy in Madrid on Monday said some Spanish officials were siding with the Palestinian militant group Hamas after...
  
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• The Supreme Court Orders Makers of Gun Parts to Comply With Rules on Ghost Guns

  16-10-2023 22:41
  
  The Supreme Court has ordered two internet sellers of gun parts to comply with a Biden administration regulation aimed at ghost guns, firearms that are difficult to trace because they lack serial numbers
  
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• US Supreme Court Blocks Judge's Order Allowing 'Ghost Gun' Sales

  16-10-2023 22:39
  
  By Andrew Chung(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday barred two Texas-based manufacturers from selling products that can be quickly converted...
  
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• Soccer Match Between Belgium and Sweden Suspended After Gunman Kills 2 Swedes in Brussels

  16-10-2023 22:36
  
  Thousands of soccer fans were kept inside Belgium’s national stadium for about 2 1/2 hours after a game between host Belgium and Sweden was suspended at halftime following a gunman fatally shooting two Swedes in Brussels before kickoff
  
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• Soccer Match Between Belgium and Sweden Suspended After Deadly Shooting in Brussels

  16-10-2023 22:36
  
  A soccer match between host Belgium and Sweden has been suspended at halftime after two Swedes were killed in a shooting in central Brussels before kickoff
  
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• Soccer Match Between Belgium and Sweden Suspended After a Gunman Kills 2 Swedes in Brussels

  16-10-2023 22:36
  
  Thousands of soccer fans were kept inside Belgium’s national stadium for about 2 1/2 hours after a game between Belgium and Sweden was suspended at halftime following the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels before kickoff
  
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• Interception of Canadian Military Plane by Chinese Jets Was Unacceptable -Ottawa

  16-10-2023 22:27
  
  OTTAWA (Reuters) -The interception of a Canadian military plane by Chinese fighter jets over international waters on Monday was unacceptable,...
  
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• Interception of Canadian Military Plane by Chinese Jets Is Unacceptable -Ottawa

  16-10-2023 22:27
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - The interception of a Canadian military plane by Chinese fighter jets over international waters on Monday was unacceptable,...
  
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• Jordan Makes Strides in Swaying Republican Resistance Ahead of Speaker Vote

  16-10-2023 22:25
  
  Jim Jordan’s high-pressure campaign to secure the speakership seems to be showing results, as previously skeptical Republicans announced their support ahead of a planned vote in the House on Tuesday.
  
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• Shooting at Jackson State University in Mississippi Kills Student From Chicago

  16-10-2023 22:20
  Authorities say a student from Chicago was shot and killed late Sunday at Jackson State University in Mississippi
  
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• Mom of Jeffrey Epstein Victim Demands Answers After Daughter's Death

  16-10-2023 22:18
  
  The death of Carolyn Andriano — a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring whose testimony was vital to putting his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, behind bars — has left her family looking for answers, according to The Daily Beast.
  Andriano was found dead at a hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida hotel room in May, although her death was not marked with an obituary or funeral service, the outlet reported Saturday.
  Local police opened an inquest into her death but en
  
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• Man Convicted in Fatal 2021 Attack of Delaware Police Officer

  16-10-2023 22:16
  A man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a Delaware police officer
  
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• CDC Director Cohen, Former Reps. Butterfield and Price to Receive North Carolina Award Next Month

  16-10-2023 22:16
  Two former members of Congress, the state’s top health official during the COVID-19 pandemic, a sculptor, a poet and a sports franchise executive are this year’s recipients of the North Carolina Award
  
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• Trump Blasts '60 Minutes' for Biden Interview - He Noticed What Each Question Contained

  16-10-2023 22:11
  
  There is a lot that you can rightly criticize President Joe Biden and his administration for.
  Bad policy and worse rhetoric have stained his inaugural presidential term — and that doesn’t even account for the questions about his general health and well-being.
  But all of that is made so much worse by the fact that it’s not actually clear if Biden is running this country or if he’s just a hollow husk of a puppet for his far-left overlords to utilize.
  And the reason that&rsq
  
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• Coast Guard Opens Formal Inquiry Into Collapse of Mast on Maine Schooner That Killed a Passenger

  16-10-2023 22:11
  
  The Coast Guard has launched a formal investigation into the collapse of a mast aboard a historic schooner that killed one person and injured three others off Maine's seacoast
  
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• Miniature 'Star Wars' X-Wing Gets Over $3 Million at Auction of Hollywood Model-Maker's Collection

  16-10-2023 22:10
  
  A miniature X-wing Starfighter used in a “Star Wars” film sold for over $3 million during a weekend auction of items both collected and created by longtime Hollywood model-maker Greg Jein
  
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• Venezuelan Opposition Skeptical Maduro Will Follow Through on Election Deal

  16-10-2023 22:07
  
  By Mayela Armas and Marianna ParragaCARACAS/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Some members of the Venezuelan opposition said on Monday, the eve of the planned...
  
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• Colombia Starts Peace Talks, Three-Month Ceasefire With Largest Group of Ex-FARC Rebels

  16-10-2023 22:05
  By Sarah Morland(Reuters) - Colombia's government on Monday decreed a three-month ceasefire with the country's largest group of dissident former...
  
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• Albanian Novelist Ismail Kadare Awarded French Legion of Honor Title by Macron

  16-10-2023 22:01
  
  Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has been awarded the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor title by French President Emmanuel Macron
  
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• Connecticut Postmaster Pleads Guilty to Fraud in $875,000 Bribery Scheme With Maintenance Vendor

  16-10-2023 22:00
  A former Connecticut postmaster has admitted to defrauding the U.S. Postal Service of nearly $875,000
  
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• Biden's Deputies Threaten Banks with Investigations if Loans Aren't Given to Illegals

  16-10-2023 21:59
  
  It sounds like one of those old, low budget political intrigue movies you might watch on a cold winter weekend — a film like 1973’s “Savage” where a reporter investigates some “compromising pictures of a Supreme Court nominee”.
  “Savage” was ranked as the worst political thriller of all time by Flickchart.
  The Biden administration is producing a new “worst” with a misbegotten storyline that a sixth grader with a vivid imagination wouldn&
  
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• Bears QB Justin Fields Has Dislocated Thumb and Is Doubtful to Play Against Raiders

  16-10-2023 21:57
  
  Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields will likely miss at least one game because of a dislocated right thumb
  
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